Challenges of the victim against the figure of the private accusator within the colombian criminal procedure

Abstract

The figure of the private accuser was introduced to the Colombian legal system by means of law 1826 of 2017 in order to propose strategies that advocateed by the decongestion of the judicial order, in particular the penal criminal systems. This figure consists of a private action by means of which the victim, his representative or any other authority other than Fiscalia General de la Nación in whose functions the investigative powers fall, could carry out the exercise of the criminal action in the Specific cases that the legislator expressly enshrines. This paper will then outline the various challenges facing the victim throughout the criminal proceedings in the exercise of private criminal action.